Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 10, October 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 10, October 1900 - The Château of Chambord: France; Louis XVI. SconcesThe Chteau of Chambord is one of the most unique palaces of the Renaissance in existence. "It is," writes Jules Loiseleur, "the Versailles of...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 09, September 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 09, September 1900 - The Ducal Palace: Venice; Types of Italian Garden Fountains"Considered as the principal representation of the Venetian school of architecture, the Ducal Palace is the Parthenon of Venice," wrote Ruskin. To know...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 08, August 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 08, August 1900 - The Guild Halls of LondonPerhaps there are no corporate bodies now existing in England which can trace their beginnings in a more unbroken line to the earliest recorded historical events of...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 07, July 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 07, July 1900 - House of Jacques Coeur: Bourges; Gothic Carved WoodworkThe house of Jacques Cur at Bourges is, to architect and historian alike, one of the most interesting monuments which have survived from the...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 06, June 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 06, June 1900 - The Duomo and the Campanile: Florence; Grotesques from "It was in the middle of the thirteenth century," writes Symonds, "during the long struggle for independence carried on by the republics of...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 05, May 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 05, May 1900 - Chippendale ChairsIt is only within recent times that movable chairs have become common and indispensable. Seats of some kind must have been used from the time when houses were first built,...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 04, April 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 04, April 1900 - The Petit Trianon: Versailles; English Carved FireplacesDuring the first years of his reign, Louis the XIV. of France resided, as his predecessors had, at St. Germain in summer; but for some...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 03, March 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 03, March 1900 - Spanish Wrought-Iron Screens; XII. Century Capitals from the Benedictine Monastery, MonrealeFrom earliest times the numerous iron mines which exist in Spain, especially in the Cantabrian provinces, have been worked, and their...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 02, February 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 02, February 1900 - Japanese GardensThe Japanese garden is not a flower garden, neither is it made for the purpose of cultivating plants. In nine cases out of ten there is nothing in it resembling...
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 01, January 1900The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 01, January 1900 - The Ten Most Beautiful Buildings in the United States.During the Autumn of the past year a voting contest was proposed to the readers of The Brochure Series with the object of...
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Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of Tours in the North of ItalyBrick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of Tours in the North of ItalyIN these days of railways and rapid travelling there is scarcely any excuse for ignorance of Continental art. The most busy man finds some short holiday in the course of...
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Die Ägyptische PflanzensäuleDie Ägyptische PflanzensäuleDas Manuskript zu der vorliegenden Abhandlung war im Oktober 1895 fertig, und es wurde bereits an der Herstellung der Abbildungen fr den Druck gearbeitet, als ich beauftragt wurde, auf lngere Zeit zu wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen nach Aegypten zu gehen. Dies verzgerte die Beendigung...
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Travels in South KensingtonTravels in South Kensington - with Notes on Decorative Art and Architecture in EnglandHOMELY and Comely were sisters. Their parents were in humble circumstances, and depended mainly on the care and economy of these two daughterstheir entire family. They were persons of some social...
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Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the HousekeeperConvenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the HousekeeperWhen the reader is familiar with the writers general purposes, it is easier to understand the details of his work. This book is intended to deal with houses in a housekeeping spirit. In doing this, the architect...
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The Country House (with Designs)The Country House (with Designs)HITHERTO the Contributions have appeared in a small volume: but a friend having furnished me with the Manuscripts of the following Letters, in order to do justice to the beautiful designs, it has been necessary to increase the size of...
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How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the 12th and 13th CenturiesHow France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries E may live without architecture, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared to that which the living nation...
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Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and CuriositiesHistorical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and CuriositiesThe North and West doors are open to Visitors. Guides are in attendance, from nine until six every day, except Sunday, Christmas Day, and Good Friday. The Abbey is not open to Visitors after the Afternoon...
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The Church IndexThe Church Index - A Book of Metropolitan Churches and Church Enterprise: Part I. KensingtonParticular church chronicles are scarcely found among the thousands of volumes which annually issue from the press, although there are no chronicles that have in them more of what is...
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Some Account of Gothic Architecture in SpainSome Account of Gothic Architecture in SpainTHE book which I here commit to the reader requires, I fear, some apology on my part. I feel that I have undertaken almost more than an artist like myself, always at work, has any right to suppose...
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Huntley, Fairfax County, VirginiaHuntley: A Mason Family Country HouseIt is difficult to understand how a house whose history is closely connected to the well-known Mason family has existed, practically without notice or mention, for one hundred and fifty years. This fact is all the more puzzling when...
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